3-Social-Studies-Sept

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Grade: 3rd

Month: September

Main Concept

Culture, Empathy:
Cultures & Civilizations

Guiding Questions

What is a culture?
What is a civilization?
How and why do cultures change?
Where do people settle and live? Why?
Why do we celebrate holidays?

Theme/Content Skills

  • People in world communities exchange their cultures.
  • People in world communityies use legends, folktales, oral histories, biographies, autobiographies, and historical narratives to transmit values, ideas, beliefs and traditions.
  • People in world communities celebrate their accomplishments, achievements and contributions.
  • Historic events can be viewed through the eyes of those who were there, as shown in their writings, art, music and artifacts.

Key Terms

community, culture, custom, citizen, holiday, heritage, ethnic group, history

Holidays

Labor Day
Rosh Hashana
Yom Kippur

Student Outcomes

  • Students will identify how cultures get exhanged between communities.
  • Students will define, compare and contrast the following terms: culture, civilization.
  • Students will identify aspects of their personal culture and comapre them to aspects of typical "American" culture. (ex: food, celebrations, music, etc.)

Assessment/Project

  • Students interview family members to learn about where they came from/their culture.
  • Have students identify and sort photos depicting different customs.
  • Have students write about their favorite holiday/custom.
  • Create a class calendar depicting cultural hoildays.

Resources for Students





Resources for Teachers

Harcourt Brace Activity Book p.4
Word Web to define ethnic group

Field Trip Suggestions

Museo del Barrio
Museum of the City of New York